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Rainwater washes away sporangia from the leaves conducting them into the soil,
which provokes tubers infection. The pathogen will remain as mycelium and will
reinitiate the cycle if the tuber is planted in the next campaign. However, pathogen-
free tubers can get also infected during harvest due to manipulation with infected
tubers and foliage.
According to Schumann & D’Arcy (2000), Phytophthora infestans can proceed to
initiate a different disease cycle in which sexual reproduction is involved. When both
mating groups A1 and A2 of P. infestans get in contact, an oospore is form. This
thick-walled oospore, in opposition to sporangia, can remain in the soil or foliage for
very long time, waiting for good atmospheric conditions to germinate as sporangium
and initiate a new cycle of late blight disease in potato crops.
References
- Schumann, G.L. and C. J. D’Arcy. 2000. Late blight of potato and tomato.
The Plant Health Instructor. DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2000-0724-01.